According to the Kenya Union of Special Need Education Teachers (KUSNET) there is no need for the government to employ new specialists when there are qualified teachers in the same sector. Torome noted that there are many teachers graduating from Kenya Institute of Special Education (KISE) but the government has never prioritised the special need education as a wanting sector. As part of the recommendations that was reached upon between the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) and Kenya Secondary School Heads Association (KESSHA) on School arson, TSC had resolved to equip every secondary school with counselling specialists. "That is why we need a special needs authority to advocate for our needs as sector. Updated Wed, August 10th 2016 at 15:21 GMT +3NAIROBI: A union handling affairs of special needs education now wants its teachers employed in mainstream schools as guiding and counselling specialists.

Source: Standard Digital August 10, 2016 12:22 UTC